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Call Number:

PH-02751

Collection Name:

William Edward Kilburn Photography Collection

Creator:

Kilburn, William Edward (1818 - 1891)

No. of Items:

11 photographs

Span Dates:

circa 1842-1853

Description:

The collection consists of eight daguerreotypes (964:0020:0024-0026, 0056, 0065, 0078, 0085; 997:0043:0004) and two stereo daguerreotypes (964:0867:0001-0002), which are mostly portraits of unidentified individuals, and and one carte-de-visite (964:3457:0020) of Benjamin Disraeil by William Edward Kilburn (British, 1818-1891).

Accession No(s):

964:0020:0024-0026, 0056, 0065, 0078, 0085; 964:0867:0001-0002; 964:3457:0020 -- Purchase, 1963 (63-09-023-P); 964:0020:0024-0026, 0056, 0065, 0078, 0085; 964:0867:0001-0002; 964:3457:0020; 997:0043:0004; 997:0043:0004 -- Internal transfer

Location(s):

H Box, Medium (964:3457:0020)
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Curatorial permission required 5 osb, Gernsheim Daguerreotype (Boxes 01-02, 07-08, 13)
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1 osb, Gernsheim Jewelry and Novelties Box 23
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Curatorial permission required 1 osb, Non-Gernsheim Daguerreotypes Box 2 (997:0043:0004)
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Item(s):

Artist/Maker	Kilburn, William Edward (1818 - 1891)
Title	[Reproduction of a painting of a British gentleman]
Date	circa 1842
Medium	Daguerreotype
Dimensions	5.2 x 4 cm; 2 x 1 3/5 in (arched top)
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0024

Artist/Maker	Kilburn, William Edward (1818 - 1891)
Title	[Portrait of a British gentleman]
Date	[ca. 1852]
Medium	Daguerreotype with applied color
Dimensions	9 x 6.6 cm; 3 1/2 x 2 3/5 in (arched top)
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0025

Artist/Maker	Kilburn, William Edward (1818 - 1891)
Title	[Portrait of British gentleman in officer's outfit]
Date	1853.
Medium	Daguerreotype with applied color
Dimensions	9 x 6.5 cm; 3 1/2 x 2 3/5 in (arched top)
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0026

Artist/Maker	Kilburn, William Edward (1818 - 1891)
Title	[Unidentified woman]
Date	ca. 1851
Medium	Daguerreotype
Dimensions	9 x 6.36 cm; 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0056

Artist/Maker	Kilburn, William Edward (1818 - 1891)
Title	[Portrait of a British gentlewoman]
Date	[ca. 1856]
Medium	Daguerreotype with applied color
Dimensions	5.3 x 4.1 cm; 2 1/10 x 1 3/5 in (arched top)
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0065

Artist/Maker	Kilburn, William Edward (1818 - 1891)
Title	[Unidentified elderly man]
Date	ca. 1848
Medium	Daguerreotype
Dimensions	9.6 x 8.3 cm; 3 4/5 x 3 3/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0078

Artist/Maker	Kilburn, William Edward (1818 - 1891)
Title	[Portrait of a British woman, 3/4 view]
Date	[ca. 1850]
Medium	Daguerreotype with applied color
Dimensions	4.1 x 3.3 cm; 1 3/5 x 1 3/10 in (oval)
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0085

Artist/Maker	Kilburn, William Edward (1818 - 1891)
Title	A lady and a gentleman
Date	circa 1853
Medium	Daguerreotype (stereograph format)
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0867:0001

Artist/Maker	Kilburn, William Edward (1818 - 1891)
Title	[Two young girls]
Date	circa 1853
Medium	Daguerreotype with applied color (stereograph format)
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0867:0002

Artist/Maker	Kilburn, William Edward (1818 - 1891)
Title	[Drawing of young woman]
Date	ca. 1840s-1860s
Medium	Daguerreotype
Dimensions	11.8 x 9.1 cm; 4 3/5 x 3 3/5 in
Accession Number	997:0043:0004

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